Some states make it much easier to get on the ballot as a minor-party presidential candidate, compared with running as an independent. That's why RFK Jr. and Cornel West have made their own parties.
Mali's ruling military junta on Thursday banned media coverage of political parties a day after suspending their activities, marking the latest crackdown on dissent in the West African nation. Opposition voices have been largely stifled since the colonels seized power in a 2020 coup, overthrowing civilian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
Legislation allowing the courts to ban a political party that poses an “actual and serious threat” to the democratic rule of law was put out to consultation this week by home affairs minister Hugo de Jonge. The new Political Parties Act will allow the Supreme Court to dissolve a political party if its objectives and activities compromise one or more of the fundamental principles of the democratic rule of law, including free elections, democratic decision-making, the separation of powers, and an...
The political party 50PLUS is currently unable to access its financial administration. The former head of the Financial Commission, Johan Hessing, took the paperwork home after being voted out last month, and it is still missing from the party's offices in The Hague.In the meantime, an advertising agency has hired a collection agency to help recover an overdue payment for the campaign for the Tweede Kamer elections of last autumn. The Tweede Kamer is the lower house of the Dutch Parliament.
The Delhi High Court recently affirmed that political parties, recognised by the State Election Commission (SEC), are entitled to contest municipal elections, dismissing a challenge against the existing electoral rules.
The government can try convoluted schemes or imposing limits, but cash is not going to go away.
The FIR has been filed with the Cyber Crime Cell of the Mumbai Police against an undisclosed person under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 419 (impersonation), 420 (cheating) and sections of the IT Act, 2000.
The Delhi High Court has said there is no bar under the Constitution on political parties, which are granted recognition by the State Election Commission (SEC), from contesting municipal polls.The court has also said the allocation of poll symbols to political parties by the SEC for municipal elections is reasonable and not arbitrary.The court passed an order to this effect while dismissing a petition that had sought a direction to the SEC here to stop putting the reserved symbols for political...
Bruce Lehrmann's new neighbours vent their frustrations. He is pictured with different groups of women over three days. On Monday, a judge will deliver a verdict on his defamation case
On the day I won the Conservative leadership election, my mind was turning over the huge number of things I needed to do once I took over as Prime Minister.
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AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that his colleague was being repeatedly summoned by the Enforcement Directorate and was under pressure to quit the party.